Courtney Stodden regrets 'adult joke' comedy sketch with Jason Alexander
New York Daily News • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Courtney Stodden, now 31, shared on Instagram her discomfort with a 2014 comedy sketch featuring Jason Alexander, filmed when she was 17, where Alexander made inappropriate physical contact and sexual jokes about her.
- The sketch, co-written by Alexander and including Stodden’s ex-husband Doug Hutchinson, involved Alexander rubbing his phone across Stodden’s chest while making suggestive comments.
- Stodden expressed regret over how adults involved treated her as a minor, questioning the acceptability of the situation at the time.
- Jason Alexander issued a public apology, acknowledging the sketch was inappropriate and expressing regret for any harm caused to Stodden.
- Stodden’s past marriage to Hutchinson, who was 53 when she was 16, ended in divorce in 2020, and she has publicly reflected on negative experiences from that period.
